511.19
Board of park commissioners.

(A)
Except as provided in division (B) of
this section, the board of park commissioners shall consist of three electors.
The electors may be residents of the township or of any municipal corporation
that is located within the township, that was within the township at the time
that the park district was established, or the boundaries of which are
coterminous with or include the township. One of the commissioners shall serve
for one year, one of the commissioners shall serve for two years, and one of
the commissioners shall serve for three years, from the second Monday of May
succeeding the appointment, and thereafter one commissioner shall be appointed
annually to serve for three years. The court of common pleas, or the board of
township trustees if the board of park commissioners is appointed by the board
of township trustees, shall fill any vacancy that occurs in the board by death,
resignation, or otherwise, by appointment for the unexpired term.

(B)
If a board of park commissioners is
appointed by the board of township trustees, the board of township trustees may
appoint a five-member board of park commissioners in lieu of the three-member
board provided for in division (A) of this section. Except as provided in this
division, members of a five-member board of park commissioners shall serve
three-year terms. Of the initial appointees, two shall serve one-year terms,
two shall serve two-year terms, and one shall serve a three-year term.
Thereafter, terms of office for successive appointees shall be for three years.
All terms shall commence on the second Monday of May succeeding appointment.
Qualifications for members and filling of vacancies on five-member boards shall
be the same as provided in division (A) of this section for three-member
boards.

(C)
A board of township
trustees, by resolution, may convert a three-member board of park commissioners
that the board of township trustees has appointed to a five-member board of
park commissioners. The conversion shall be effective from the second Monday of
May succeeding the adoption of the resolution. If a three-member board is
converted, any member of the three-member board whose term had not expired on
the date of conversion shall serve as one of the five members of the new board
until the expiration date of that member's term.

(D)
A board of township trustees, by
resolution, may convert into a three-member board of park commissioners a
five-member board of park commissioners that the board of township trustees has
appointed. Upon the expiration of the terms of one or more park commissioners
on the second Monday of May that immediately follows the date of the
resolution's adoption, the board of township trustees shall appoint one park
commissioner to a three-year term. Upon the expiration of the terms of one or
more park commissioners on the second Monday of May in each of the immediately
following two years, the board of township trustees shall appoint one park
commissioner to a three-year term. During the transition period from a
five-member board to a three-member board, any member of the five-member board
whose term has not yet expired shall continue to serve as a member until that
member's term expires.